Dear Tribal Leader Letter dated April 13, 2020<\/a> outlining the disbursement methodology of the additional $522 million in direct appropriations resources for COVID-19 response activities through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). <\/p>\nFunding Breakdown<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- BIA Allocations<\/strong>\n
\n- $420 million in direct payments to tribes\n
\n- $380 million to all tribes though aid to tribal government \n
\n- Distribution based on tribal enrollment data with tribes being grouped and funded based on population. Smallest tribes will receive at least $60,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- $20 million will be provided through welfare assistance\n
\n- Distribution based on enrollment data and Distributed proportionally <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- $20 million in temporary reserve to be used as needed<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- $33 million to BIA for facility deep cleaning, quarantine of inmates, overtime costs, and IT investments to enhance telework capabilities and Wi-Fi connectivity<\/span><\/li>\n
- Total: $453 million to BIA <\/span><\/strong>
\n <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n- BIE Allocations <\/span><\/strong>\n
\n- $23 million to tribal colleges and universities <\/span>\n
\n- Distributed proportionally<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- $46 million to BIE operated and tribally controlled schools to address operational needs<\/span>\n
\n- Enhance online distance learning for students, IT hardware capacity, and Wi-Fi connectivity and other support<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- Total: $69 million to BIE<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Save the Date: Tribal Leader Call to Review Approach<\/strong><\/p>\n The Department of Interior will hold a Tribal Leader Call on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 from 3:00 p.m. EDT to 4:00 pm EDT to explain the allocation and distribution approach.<\/p>\n Call-In Information<\/strong>
\nConference Call: 1-888-452-9848
\nParticipant Password: 3081480<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Department of the Treasury and the Department of the Interior announced plans for distribution of funding appropriated in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[51,50,234,107,205,43,235],"class_list":["post-2745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-organizations","tag-bia","tag-bie","tag-consultation","tag-doi","tag-h-r-748","tag-nafoa","tag-treasury"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2745"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2748,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2745\/revisions\/2748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/covid19\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} | | | |
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